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EMS interest rate differentials and fiscal policy: a model with an empirical application to Italy

Craig, R. Sean - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 1991

like Italy, with large budget deficits, the commitment to a stable EMS exchange rate can entail costly fiscal adjustment … second stage of European Monetary Union (EMU) if Italy fails to reduce its budget deficit, providing support for the view …

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Offshoring, Mismatch, and Labor Market Outcomes

Arseneau, David M.; Epstein, Brendan - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2014

We study the role of labor market mismatch in the adjustment to a trade liberalization that results in the offshoring of high-tech production. Our model features two-sided heterogeneity in the labor market: high- and low-skilled workers are matched in a frictional labor market with high- and...

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Cash flows and discount rates, industry and country effects, and co-movement in stock returns

Ammer, John; Wongswan, Jon - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2004

This paper examines the relative importance of global, country-specific, and industry-specific factors in both the cash flow and discount rate components of equity returns between 1995 and 2003. Our framework draws upon previously separate literatures on country versus industry effects and...

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Is the corporate loan market globally integrated? a pricing puzzle

Carey, Mark; Nini, Greg - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2004

We offer evidence that interest rate spreads on syndicated loans to corporate borrowers are economically significantly smaller in Europe than in the U.S., other things equal. Differences in borrower, loan and lender characteristics associated with equilibrium mechanisms suggested in the...

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Some simple tests of the globalization and inflation hypothesis

Ihrig, Jane; Kamin, Steven B.; Lindner, Deborah; … - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2007

This paper evaluates the hypothesis that globalization has increased the role of international factors and decreased … globalization and inflation hypothesis. Our results provide little support for that hypothesis. First, the estimated effect of … find no evidence that the trend decline in the sensitivity of inflation to the domestic output gap observed in many …

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